HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1983-032 ORDINANC� t10. 83-32
AN ORDI�I�1C� Af�iQVDITiG Cf1AP`I'ER 20 OF THE
CODE CF ORDII1�11�10ES OF TI� CITY OF GR1�PE—
VINE, T�.S, BY ADDI?�IG A NE��3 11RTICLE 'I'O
CHAPTEP. 20, ARTICI,� III, RII�TING TO Tfi�
CONSTRUCTION OF SIDE�dALKS AT1D llRIVEyv�YS;
REQUIRIPdG SID�IALKS; PROVIDIl`JG CRITERIA
� FOP. SIDEL�ALK CCNSTRUGTIUPI; REQUIRIrTG
DR1V���7AYS; PROVIDING CRITERIA I'OR DRIVES�IAY
CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR PERZ4IT FEES;
PROVIDING FOR REIi�dF'ORCID CGNCFcEi'E CON—
STRUCI'ION; PROVIDING FOR BARRICADES AND
WARNIl`IG SIC-dVS; PP,OVIDING FOR NIAINZ�1AIvCE
OF DRIVE.ti�TAYS; PROVIDING FOR NfAIN'I�IANCE GF
SIDE'V�1LKS; REQUIRING BOrID; PROVIDIl`� FOR
FORFEIT[JRE OF BOND; PROVIDING FOR CHANGES
AND VARIATICNS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILIT�';
PROVIDING FOR A PE[��1LTY NC7T TO EXGE� Tf-iE
surs oF �ao ��� Dor�s ($200.oo) �m A
SEPARATE OFFE[�TSE Sfi1�I�L BE DEII�D CON;I�IITTID
UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLA-
TION OCCUR.S; AND DECZARIP� AN II�RGII`dCY
AI�ID EFFECTI�IE DATE
BE IT ORDAINID BY � CITY COUNCIL OF Z�-IE CITY OF G�PEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Grapevine, Texas is hereby amended by adding Article III to read as
follaws:
ARTICLE III. CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEi�7�LKS
P,ND DRIVE,TrJAYS
Sec.20.40. Sidewalks required.
Sidewalks shall be required in all residential zoning districts except
where lots were filed of record prior to June 7, 1983.
Sec. 20-41. Sidewalks to be constructed at the abutting property awner's
e.xpense.
Reinforced concrete sidewalks shall be constructed at the abutting
property c�mer's expense.
Sec. 20-42. Sidewalk criteria.
(a) t�Tidth. All sidewalks shall have a mininnun width of four (4) feet.
(b) Reinforcing. Reinforcing sYiall be either No. 10 gauge steel wire
welded on a six (6) inch by six (6) inch mesh or three-eighths (3/8) inch
diameter reinforcing bars spaced t�aenty-four (24) inches each way.
(c) Concrete. Cor.crete shall have a t��enty-eight (28) day co�ressive
strength or three thousand (3000) p.s.i. and shall contain a minimum of
five (5) sacks of Portlar:d cement per cubic yard ef concrete.
(d) Thickness. All sidewalks shall have a minirrnnn thic}a,.ess of four
(4) inches.
(e) Location. In retail, commercial and industriai areas the side�valk
may be placed adjacent to the street curb or may be located otherwise with
the approval of tY�,e city engineer. In residential areas the sidewalk shall
begin one foot cutside the property line and extend toward the street, or
be placed in aligrur�ent with existing sidewalks, or as directed by the city
engineer.
(f) Slope. Sidewalks shall have a slope of one-fourth (1/4) inch per
foot taward the street.
(q) Grade. Sidewalk grades shall Parallel street grades. Sidewalks
adjacent to curbs sha]_1 raeet the curb grade. Sidewalks not adjacent to the
curb shall be set at a grade so as to provide a slope for the intervening
parkway of one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot minim�,un and one half (1/2) inch
per foot m�'urnun or as directed by the city engineer.
(ti) E�cpansion joint location. �ansion joints shall be placed at
intervals of fifty (50) feet throughout the length of the sidewalks and at
all places where sidewalks intersect other sidewalks or driveways or curbs.
6�here sidewalks are adjacent to curbs t��ere shall be an expansion joint
between the sidewalk and curb.
(i) Constnzction joir�t locations. Construction joints shall be placed
so that the sidewalks will be cut into separate slabs r�o longer than eight
(8) feet in length. All construction joints shall be made perpendicular to
the line of the sidewalk.
(j) Handicapped ra�s at intersections shall be installed according to
State Law.
Sec. 20-43. Driveway apron required.
(a) Paved streets with curb and gutter. One or more reinforced con-
crete driveway aprons extending fran the gutter line to the property line
shall be constructed for a building fronting a paved street having curb and
gutter. Such driveway aprons shall be construction at the property awner's
expense.
(b) Paved streets without curb and gutter. One or more driveway aprons
over concrete-pipe culvert or culverts, as approved by the city engineer,
shall be constructed for a building fronting a paved street without curb
and gutter. The driveway apron shall e.�tend fram the paving edge or
roadway edge to the property line. It may be covered with asphalt or
concrete at the property awner's option. Such driveway aprons shall be
constructed at the property owner's e�ense.
Sec. 20-44. Driveway criteria.
(a) State highways. Al1 driveway openings on state-n�ered highways
shall confonn to "Regulations for Access Driveways to State Highv�ays" as
adopted in September, 1953, and revised in November, 1963, by the Texas
Highway Department, or the latest revision thereof.
(b) City streets. All driveways opening onto city streets shall
conform to the follaving:
(1) Residential driveways shall have curb radii of between five (5) and
fifteen (15) feet, and shall be not less than ten (10) nor r.lore
than twenty-five (25) feet in width at the right-of-way line.
(2) Com�nercial driveways shall have curb radii of between ten (10) and
� tV�enty-five (25) feet, and shall be not less than ten (10) nor npre
than forty (40) feet in F�idth at the right-of-iaay line.
(3) Where a Flare is used, instead of a curb radius, the flare shall be
at least five (5) feet greater at the curb line than half the
driveway width measured at the right-of way line, but the total
opening at the curb line shall not exceed that pernlitted in (1) or
(2) above.
(4) Angular drives shall intersect the right-of-way line at between
si�vty (60) degrees and rlinety (90) degrees.
(c) Thickness. All reinforced concrete driveways opening on city
streets with curb and gutter shall have a minimtun thiclmess of five (5)
inches within the street rightrof-way.
(d) Culverts. Flhere culverts are required, the culverts shall be of
Class III, AS�I C-76 reinforced concrete pipe with tongue and groove joints
and shall have a minimum length of sixteen (16) feet for residential
driveways and twenty-four t24) feet for others. Mininnun size shall be
fifteen (15) inches inside diameter.
(e) E�pansion joints. E��pansion joints for reinforced concrete drive-
way aprons shall be placed where the driveway apron joins sidewalks,
concrete curb and gutter, concrete pavi.ng and at the right-of�aay line.
(f) Slope. Reinforced concrete driveway aprons shall slope upward
taward the property they serve so that the sidewalk grade is met or the
apron rises six (6) inches in the fisst five (5) feet behind the curb.
Normally, aprons shall be a minimtun of six (6) inches below the floor of
the garage or carport served at the property line.
(g) Location. The curb return of any driveway shall be a minin�.un of
twenty (20) feet fran the projected curb line or edge of pavPment of an
intersecting street. Driveway curb returns shall not extend in front of
adjoining property unless approved by adjoining awner in writing. No
property or business shall have curb openings measured at the property line
in excess of sixty (60) per cent of the property frontage. Al1 driveways
shall conform to requirements of the Grapevine Thoroughfare Plan.
(h) Cc�ton drives. Driveway aprons serving adjoining properties will
be permitted when joint application is made by property awners or when a
letter fram the adjoining property cx�mer is submitted in which he agrees to
such joint use.
(i) Water meter boxes. Water meter boxes shall not be placed in
driveways. A fee of one hundred fifty {$150.00) dollars shall be charged
to cover the relocation of ineters and services in order to comply with this
section.
(j) Layout. Driveway aprons shall conform to Figure No. 21.1.
Sec. 20-45. Permit required; exception.
No person shall construct, reconstruct, alter or repair, remove or
replace any sidewalk, driveway or other concrete work on any public prop-
erty within the city, except right-of-way on state-nt�n�red routes, without
first obtaining frcen the Department of Public Works a permit to do so.
Sec. 20-46. Permit fees.
There shall be charged a fee to cover inspection of all sidewalk and
driveway apron and other reinforced concrete constructions on public
property.
(a) Sidewalks (new construction) : . .. . . . . .. . . .. ... .. ..$15.00
(b) Sidewalks (repair) :
For each inspection as required by the city
engineer. . . . .... .. . . . ... . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . . ..$15.00
(c) Driveway aprons:
Residential (each) .. . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .$15.00
Commercial (each) . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ..$15.00
(d) No fees will be charged when sidewalk or driveway permits are
issued in conjunction with building permi.ts for new construction.
(e) Reinspection fee. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . .$15.00
_ (f) The United States Goven�urennt, the State, the County, the City, the
Independent School District, or any governmental agency of the
Federal, State, County, or Municipal Governm�.nt, are hereb_y exe�t
fran co�lying with the provisions of Sectior. 20-46 (a) , (b) , (c) ,
and (d) . A permi.t shall be issued at no charge and all other
requirements of Article IIT shall be coirq�lied with.
The permit shall be good for ninety (90) days, and if work is not
c�leted within ninety (90) days follawing issuance of the permit, a new
permit will be required, and no refund of fee will be made. Nbnies col-
lected as permit fees shall be placed in the General Fund of the city.
Sec. �C-�7. Reinforced concrete construction.
(a) Subqrade. The subgrade for ali concrete slabs shall be excavated
to graGe, thorouahly tamped and when wet until water begins to star:d cn the
subgracle.
(b) Concrete. Cor.crete shall have a t�aenty-eight (28) day com�ressive
strength of three tl:ousand (3,000) p.s.i. ar_d shall contain a minimi.ml of
five (5) sacks of Portl�zd cement per cubic yard of concrete.
' (c) Reintorcing. Reinforcir.g for drivc-�aay aprons shall be three
eighths (3/8) inch diameter reinforcing bars spaced twenty-tour (24) inches
each way.
(d) Expansion joints. E�pansion joints �hall consist of one-half (1/2)
inch thick material having a width equal to the thic!�ess of the concrete.
Only smooth dowells shall extend through the eypansion joint. Dowells
shall be sleeved to pernlit expansion and contraction.
(e) Construction joints. Construction joints shall be vertical, and
reinforcing shall extend through construction joints.
(f) Finish. Unless otherwise provided, all sidewalks and driveways
shali have a steel troweled finish. All exposed edges, construction joints
and expansion joints shall be edged with an edger having a one-fourth (1/4)
inch radius. In addition to the above edging, sidewalks shall be marked
every four (4) feet between the construction or expansion joints with a
jointer having radii of one-fourth (1/4) inch. All edged joints shall be
straight and true.
(g) Ctiiring. Concrete shall be cured by an approved me�thcd.
(h) �val of fornis and cleanup. Forms shall not be removed from
concrete work for a minim�.an of twenty-four (24) hours after placement of
concrete. After curing for not less than two (2) days and not mr�re than
seven (7) days the e.xpansion joint filler shall be tri�n�d belaw the
finished concrete surface a deptYi of one-fourth (1/4) inch. In�an�diately
upon co�letion of the work, all debris iraist be rer,ioved from the public
property and the area brought to finish grade.
Sec. 20-48. Use of concrete saw required to cut existing concrete.
Wherever existing concrete curb, gutter, driveways, sidewalks or other
concrete r.iaterial needs to be cut for construction or repair of sidewalks
or driveways, a concrete saw shall be used. Where a curb is cut in con-
crete pavement for a driveway the curb section shall be removed by sawing
the concrete pavement parallel to the gutter.
Sec. 20-49. Barricades and warning signs.
Any person constructing sidewalks or driveways on a public property
shall maintain all necessary barricades and flares or flashing lights
: necessazy ror the safety of the public and shall indemnify and save harm-
less the City of Grapevine, its agents and employees against all real or
asserted injury to persons or damage to property arising out of or accruing
from the construction of such work or any condition attendant upon such
construction.
( , Sec. 20-50. rlaintenance of driveways by property awners or occupants.
� It shall be tl:e duty and obligation of all owners, occupants an d users
�. of real property abutting upon streets in the city, at their own cost and
e.�cpense, to maintain and �:eep the driveway aprons extending fram their
property Iine to the gutter line, the pavement line or the roadway line of
the street level and free of depressions, elevations, inequalities,
obstacles, or obstzuctions and generally to keep such driveway aprons in
safe, adequate and nondefective condition.
Sec. 20-51. P-laintenance of sidewalks by property c�aners or occupant.
It shall be the duty and obligation of all owners, occupants and users
of real property abutting upon streets in the city, at their own cost and
e:t*�nse, to r.�aintain and keep tt�e sidewalks, �nd paving laid thereon,
bordering their nroperty at curb gr�de, level and free of depressions,
excavations, elevations, inequalities, obstacles, obstructions or encroach-
r,ients, natural or artificial, above or belc�w ground level, or c��hich over-
lap, impinge upon or apprepriate any part of tYie sid�walk area or the space
eight (8) feet above it.
Sec. 20-52. Band required.
; No permit shall be issued except upon the iiling of a perform�zce bond
by the applicant in the sLun of one hundred per cent (100�) of the Director
or Public Works estimate to install the permitted work in full compliance
with the provisions of this chapter regulating sidewalks and driveways.
The perforn�-�ce bond shall be written by a surety co�any or co�anies duly
and legally authorized to act as sureties in the State of T�as.
Sec. 20-53. Forfeiture of Bond.
(a) Any failure on the part of the holder of a permit to co�ly with
the provisions of this chapter regulating sidewalks and driveways shall be
deemed sufficient cause to forfeiture of the bond filed pursuant to the
reauirements of Section 20-52.
(b) The amount realized upon the forfezture of any bond shall be
expended in making the necessazy changes in the work pezmitted to co�ly
with this chapter regulating driveways and sidewalks. Any unused ba.lance
of the bond forfeited, if any, shall be paid into the General F�ind.
Sec. 20-54. Changes and variations.
- These rules and regulations are the standard requirements of the City of
Grapevine, Texas a suspension of any of these rules and regulations may be
granted by the city council, upon a showing that there are special circum-
stances or conditions affecting the property in question, that enforcement
of the provisions of this article will deprive the applicant of a substan-
tial property right, and that such suspension, if granted, will not be
materially detrunental to the public welfare or injurious to other property
or property rights in the vici.nity.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, article, paragraph, sen-
tence, clause, phrase, or word in this ordinance or application thereto to
any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court
of co�etent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of
the r�rnaining portions of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby
declares it �,�ould have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance
despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 3. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilt� of a misdemeanor and, upon convictien
thereof, shall be finecl in a sum not to exceed Ztao Hundred Dollars
($200.00) and a separate offense shall be deemed cammitted upon each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues after the notice period
provided herein has expired. The Court shall orc�er r�moval and abateirent
of the nuisance.
Sectiot� 4. IInergencv. The fact that no present ordinances of the
( City of Grapevirle exist �nding Grapevine City Code Chapter 20 relating to
I the constn:ction of sidewalks ar.d driveways creates an urgency and an
emergency in the preservation of the public health, safety, and u�elfare and
requires that this ordinance shall take effect i�tediately frem and after
its passage and the publication of the caption as the law �d charter in
such cases provides.
Pt'1SSr..� AND APPROVID BY THE CITY COtJNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVIi�TE,
^�`�S on this the 7th day of June, 19�3.
APPFOVID:
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Dlayor Pro Tem
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Ci�y Secretary �
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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FIGURE NO. 21.1 AS PROVIDID
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� (1) R.adius or flare shall not extend beyond projected
property line except upon submission of a letter from
the adjoinins property owner stating that he has no
objection.
(2) Permitted only when a letter from the adjoining
property owner is submitted in which he agrees to
such joint use.
(3) Includes multifamily uses.
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